wyszukanych pozycji: 5
Hitting the Jackpot: Lives of Lottery Millionaires
ISBN: 9781859733004 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. What happens to a person when she or he wins an enormous amount of money? One widespread belief is that hitting the jackpot kick-starts a downward spiral, and that winners end up isolated from friends and relatives, sad, lonely, and, in some scenarios, even taking their own lives. Is there any truth to this, or is this a myth perpetuated by those 'normal folks' whose winnings are rather less? Either way, winning a lottery jackpot can be perceived as a sort of laboratory experiment that reveals what happens when it suddenly becomes possible to make 'all' one's dreams come... What happens to a person when she or he wins an enormous amount of money? One widespread belief is that hitting the jackpot kick-starts a downward ... |
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629,62 zł |
The Consuming Body
ISBN: 9780803989740 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. 'I consider this book a remarkable achievement. Sophisticated in its use of sociological, anthropological and critical theory, it] also successfully conveys the direct tangible experience of corporality and the senses. Falk's original, insightful book sets the study of the body onto a new plane' - Roy Porter, The Wellcome Institute
'I consider this book a remarkable achievement. Sophisticated in its use of sociological, anthropological and critical theory, it] also successfully ...
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330,55 zł |
Hitting the Jackpot: Lives of Lottery Millionaires
ISBN: 9781859733059 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. What happens to a person when she or he wins an enormous amount of money? One widespread belief is that hitting the jackpot kick-starts a downward spiral, and that winners end up isolated from friends and relatives, sad, lonely, and, in some scenarios, even taking their own lives. Is there any truth to this, or is this a myth perpetuated by those 'normal folks' whose winnings are rather less? Either way, winning a lottery jackpot can be perceived as a sort of laboratory experiment that reveals what happens when it suddenly becomes possible to make 'all' one's dreams come... What happens to a person when she or he wins an enormous amount of money? One widespread belief is that hitting the jackpot kick-starts a downward ... |
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178,34 zł |
The Shopping Experience
ISBN: 9780761950660 / Angielski / Twarda / 1997 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Intends to theorize shopping as an autonomous realm. This title avoids the reductionist characteristics of economics and marketing. It also contains an appendix which gives a brief history and selected literature of shopping.
Intends to theorize shopping as an autonomous realm. This title avoids the reductionist characteristics of economics and marketing. It also contains a...
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766,04 zł |
The Shopping Experience
ISBN: 9780761950677 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The last decade has witnessed a clear and steady rise of interest in consumer culture. Many commentators now argue that consumption rather than production is the axis of personal identity and meaningful social action - a standpoint that reverses the traditional view that consumption is an incidental, trivial feature in contemporary culture.
This shrewd and probing book seeks to theorize shopping as an autonomous realm. It avoids the reductionist characteristics of economics and marketing. At the same time it avoids the moralizing tone of many contemporary discussions of shopping and... The last decade has witnessed a clear and steady rise of interest in consumer culture. Many commentators now argue that consumption rather than produc...
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325,30 zł |